Webmasters Blog - Salem-News.com

While I spend most of my time adding or fixing features on Salem-News.com, every now and then I have to remember to check for validity and optimization.

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I wanted to add a 3d corner effect to the posts displayed on the front page of this blog to give it less of a plain flat page. I created a quick drop shadow image with the GIMP and with a quick alteration of my templates CSS had it up.
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After installation I began editing the default wordpress theme (as I decided the first one of us to get a blog should be me for testing purposes)

The basic changes done from within the administration section was fairly easy. If I was willing to set my permissions correctly I could edit more deeply from within the administration as all template files can be edited but I prefer to do that myself.

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Over the past 24 hours I have tried a few blogging / CMS packages to allow Salem-News.com staff members to write more what they feal instead of just regurgitating the usual news.

While I did find several with more features than WordPress I ended up going with it as the winner. The one I really wanted was still too buggy (and is not quite blogging) and would take far more time than I have to get running properly (Will discuss in another post.) Read the rest of this entry »